European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday february 16.1b8b motherhood is Best women s poll finds new York up motherhood is the Best thing about being a woman vulnerability to rape is inc worst and most women would like 10 Trade places Wilh Britain s Princess Diana for a month according to a poll released monday. One thousand women nationwide were interviewed for the ladies Home journal Roper poll published in the March Issue or the Magazine asked to name the Best thing about being a woman 60 percent of those surveyed answered motherhood and the percentage of women who loved having children increased Wilh age the journal reported. Only 30 percent said being a wife was lops it said. No. 3 on the Best list was giving birth followed by taking advantage of women increased opportunities living in a society that permits women la to More emotional than men not having 10 fight in War being Able to lean on a Man for financial and emotional support and being feminine and attractive. Most women said vulnerability to a physical attack such As rape is what they haled most no. 1 on the worst list was women s health problems including breast can cer and menstrual pain followed by having to be superwoman not being treated Wilh the same respect As a Manana having fewer responsibilities than their male counterparts. Also mentioned was having to Lake the primary responsibility for raising children which lied in with divorce and Alimony Laws that penalize women. Asked with whom they would most Trade places Lor a month the women listed Princess Diana As no. I Choice with television wallers and television talk Shuw Host Oprah Winfrey following. Mode Christie Brinkler ind first lady Nancy Reagan were next with actress Elizabeth Taylor and supreme court Justice Sandra Day o Conner lied for sixth place. Mother Teresa British prime min ister Margaret Thatcher Actie Mery strap pop Star Madonna and author Danielle Secl rounded out the list. 2 infant boys have heart transplant surgery by the associated press surgeons transplanted a heart into a 3-Wcek-old Pennsylvania boy monday while a week old califor Nia boy began his first full Day with a new heart. At children s Hospital of Pittsburgh Jonathan Slowe went into surgery around Midnight and emerged at 10 15 ., said Hospital spokeswoman sue Cardil Ici he was in critical condition. Jonathan the son of Tabatha and David Stowe of Beaver Falls was bom Jan. 25, in California a boy identified Only As Chislo Fror received a new heart in a five hour operation sunday at Loma Linda University medical Center in Loma Tinda performed by or. Leonard Bailey. I have a Valentine s Day Story for Yoa said Hospi Tal spokesman Dick be Haeler. The baby was listed m critical but stable condition after the operation. Chr Stolter s family was identified Only an air Force family living in Southern California. Both boys were born with hypo plastic left heart syn drome a lethal underdevelopment of the left Side of the heart the Hospital officials said. The Pittsburgh Hospital s youngest Iran tint before Jonathan was a Iway old Wyoming who received a new liver in july 198 the Loma Linda Hospital has done several trans plants on babies including 13 heart transplants on children under 4 months counting Chris loner s sur Gery. Ten of Hose 13 children Are , a Pioneer in infant heart transplant surgery stirred controversy in 1984 when he transplanted Baboon s heart into a child known � baby Fae in an Effort to save her life. The girl died 20 Days after the transplant hundreds of motorists stranded by Snow in southwestern Minnesota Minneapolis a hundreds of motorists. Sloan did by blowing and Drift ing Snow monday in southwestern Minnesota tilled motels and National guard armoires. Elsewhere in inc slate however the wind died Down after closing major High ways. The winds arc going Down but we re at a standstill cd said Lorren Simon a dispatcher for inc Siatt Highway patrol in Marshall. Interstate 90, from the South Dakota Border to 10 Miles East of Jackson a stretch of about 120 Miles was still closed monday morning Simon said. It was closed at 11 Sunday. Simon said authorities were worried some motorists might still be stranded in Shtir cars. " finding stranded travellers is a frustrating process he said. You can l use Strong enough language on them. They la go out anyway and then icy think the Public officials should come out and res Cue them when you can t go up and Down the Toad. They get rc�1 perturbed when some one does t a out there. But i m sure there Are going to be people out there in those authorities said the near Zero visibility in the blowing Snow along Wilh High drifts made it impossible for Rescue vehicles to go Oul. All the roads arc blocked said a Redwood Falls police dispatcher. No body can leave own. And i Don t think anybody can gel into there were numerous traffic Acci dents Many of them with injuries but no fatalities were reported. More than 300 people sought shelter overnight in National guard armoires in Worthington Redwood Falls and Jack son said la col. Dave Pearson. Food was provided by the National guard and members of the Community i St sgt. Ron Walsler said. We lost count at about 212," said Balster. Travellers signed in from Iowa Minnesota South Dakota Tennessee Kansas and Chicago. We got 200 furniture blankets from a haul Balster said. We got paper towels from Campbell soup and people have brought in All kinds of food. There Are sandwiches Chicken one person just brought in two Gallons of milk by 2 . Sunday the Worthington Best Western Motel was directing travel ers to the armory. Just about All the motels were filled up by 3 .," said Clayton Johnson at the Best Western. We had 12 cars up Here at one time fighting to get in inc door for one room said Lucille Thorn manager of the of Ford Motel. Warthington Holiday inn general manager Minnie Bruns said 1$ to 100 people spent the night in the lobby and meeting rooms. In Southeastern Minnesota conditions were much improved monday with winds still ruling up to 35 Mph but with Little Snow. There s some Drifting on ramps and on Side roads but in should t be Loo bad said Bill Henke a dispatcher for the slate patrol in Rochester. Conditions also improved in North Western Minnesota and Minnesota 2 was reopened at Crookston. Interstate 94 and Minnesota 210 at Fergus Falls reopened sunday night said Dayle Peterson a supervisor with the slate Highway patrol in Detroit lakes. Mayor angry Over warning by Fri about spies at soviet arts festival san Diego a mayor Maureen o Connor has accused Fri officials of trying to spoil her proposed soviet arts festival Wilh their suggestion that Resi dents be wary of Kab spin in artists clothing. Local Fri officials last week did they would encourage residents who Uke in soviet House guests during the proposed monthlong cultural Exchange la report any suspicious activity to the Bureau. They re just pulling a big wet clamper on it final s what they re said o Connor who is organizing the event for 1989 or 1990. The mayor said her office is working Wilh inc state department and the . Information Agency to arrange the Exchange. Agent Bob Harman said the Fri is worried the festival will Lute spies Bent on befriending and cultivating residents for espionage. Our experience is thai they inc Kab use these cultural groups on a Reg ular basis Haman said. The Fri is particularly concerned about the festival organi Ien s proposal to House soviets Wilh residents of san Diego he said. San Diego is a natural espionage target because of in military base which includes Miramar Mas and Many defense contractors Fri agents said. Soviet diplomats Are watched closely and Are forced to follow i hair itineraries but tourists can travel at will. Damian said that in a particular group there very Well May be someone standing around with no apparent Pur pose. And if i were involved in hosting thai group there might be a liitle funny feeling there thai something in t right. It s thai something in to right Here feeling thai we want people to Call us about he said. The mayor said she has discussed the festival with soviet of finals in san fran Cisco and will travel to Moscow this Spring to set plans. Boy 12, uses Bubble gum to plug Gas leak West Seneca . A a Quick thinking 11-year-old boy used his thumb a wad of Bubble gum and a sock to plug a Gas leak after the Tod Dler he Wai baby Sittig peddled a toy fire engine into the pipe. Jim Blieme islet was taking care of a year old David Higgins on saturday at the Higgini Home when the incident occurred. David was playing in the base ment said Jim. Aft the kind of kid who likes to jump around a lot and he just peddled his fire engine into the Gas said he heard hissing from then i smelled the Gas and said David gel upstairs and get me that gum on your Dresser then 1 just wailed with my thumb in the Hole in the did t understand at first. First he brought me baby wipes. Then he brought me some of his Loy cars. I was getting Wor ried. But then he came through he brought me the gum i chewed it really fast then 1 stuffed it into the leak. It was a Little smaller than the size of a dime but awas making noise. And then i tied the whole thing with a sock. There were dirty clothes right by the hot water then called his father. James who arrived just before David s Mother. Judy. She promptly called National Guy came almost right Jim said. He said i did the right thing and he seemed very surprised that i d sealed it All up myself. But i didst know that. I just did it. He said that if i waited the whole House could have blown a Coon spokesman for National fuel concurred sunday saying the boy responded in a responsible Way. What he did was not what we d recommend anyone doing himself. But the situation was potentially very dangerous and he took care of it
